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Chapter Four

BOOM

The raindrops were light and quiet. The smell of freshness was suiting, so much that the low temperature didn't even bother her. Each step made a 'slush' sound on the wet ground of the forest. The trees seemed to be swaying back and forth in slow motion, dancing to the wind.

Mulder and Mark had taken the lead and were walking a few meters ahead of Scully and Phoebe. Scully herself didn't notice this until she heard Phoebe's voice.

"Do you think we're getting close?" Scully could tell this was a lame attempt at trying to start a conversation. Nevertheless, she appreciated the gesture.

"I don't know. We've been walking for about three hours today… but I doubt we're getting much closer. Assuming we're even going in the right direction. Even Mark's compass isn't working. And you can't exactly see the sun in this weather."

Phoebe frowned, but she seemed to be eager to please. Scully had a feeling she wanted something from her.

"So, listen, I've been meaning to talk to you about something, and I hope you don't take it the wrong way…" Phoebe was saying.

Ok. Here it goes.

"Look, Dana, you've been working with Fox for a while now… what, six, seven years?"

Scully nodded suspiciously.

"Well, I couldn't help but notice that in all this time you two have never taken a step and made your relationship… well, more serious, so to speak. So after all this time, I'm assuming that nothing is ever going to happen."

She was speaking with such calmness that she almost made Scully believe that what she was saying was reasonable.

"So what I'm trying to say is that I, on the other hand, very much like Fox, in a more… romantic way, if you know what I mean. To tell you the truth Dana, my relationship with Fox all these years ago has been my best one."

Scully stared at her. Was she asking her to back off?

"I'm thinking of moving to America if Fox gives me reason to believe that there is something here."

She couldn't believe it.

"I know you two are close, and I'm just asking you to give me a chance here… He's not just a friend to me."

Well, that's just great. What in hell was she supposed to say to that?

"Phoebe, this is hardly up to me… I don't understand what are you asking me here. Mulder and I are close friends and partners at work," and I'm pregnant with his chilled, "And the relationship between the two of you has nothing to do with me."

"Wow!" That was mark.

The two women looked ahead and saw that both Mulder and Mark had stopped, wide-eyed.

It looked like what used to be an SUV. The remains of the car were sitting between trees and there was no path that came from it to hint as to how it even got there. All of the windows were shattered, some of the doors had fallen off, and the roof of the SUV was flung some meters away.

"Holly shit…" Mark trailed off.

Mulder got closer to it. He walked up to the car, and the stench grew stronger. Phoebe and Scully were inching towards it as well. That was when he saw the bloodbath inside of the car. There were people in it.

"There are bodies in there." He warned as he jumped away.

"Are they dead?" Phoebe asked.

"Oh yes. Definitely." He answered sadly.

Scully walked up to the car with her hand covering her mouth and nose.

"They've been dead for at least a week."

She walked even closer and looked in through one of the chattered doors. "This was more then just a car accident… Their heads are completely smashed through… what the hell could have caused this?"

"Maybe we should get out of here…" Phoebe said.

"I agree." Said Mark, his voice full of fear.

"There are three of them... This one is a man, and there is a woman. God… this child looks no older then six." She shook her head and looked away.

"Jesus…" Mark stood shocked.

"This is one of the families that disappeared. But they went missing on their way to visit family in the north, on a highway that's pretty far from here… how on earth did they get here?" Mulder said.

"It's almost as if… they were thrown down." Phoebe said, and she was right. From the shape of the car, it looks like it was brought down with force.

Mulder collected himself and walked back towards the car. He walked around it, avoiding looking inside it. Some of the metal was… melted.

"Take a look at this…"

Scully kneeled down next to him. "That's strange. It had to have been done with some kind of radiation… in extreme temperatures."

"In this weather?" Mark pointed out. The rain was getting stronger.

Scully looked into the car again. She reached into it and produced a cell phone. It had blood on it.

"Is it working?" Phoebe asked hopefully.

"No. It was a long shot." Scully said, and tossed it away. He watched her as she examined the victims more closely. Her face twisted and he could tell she was checking the injuries on the child.

"It seems they died on impact. Probably from the same one that brought this car down." She concluded after a few minutes.

"Is this what happened to all the people that have gone missing in this area? Does this mean this will be our fait too?" Mark asked.

"Well, the reason we came out here is because one of the women was found, and she's at this town Derevo that we're heading to." Phoebe reminded.

"She's right. We shouldn't freak out about this. Let's just keep moving before the rain gets too bad." Mulder said, and the rest nodded, eager to leave the scene.

They started moving away from the car. Mulder looked back and saw that Scully was still standing in place, staring inside the car, perplexed.

"Scully?"

She came out of her trance and looked at him.

"Mm? Oh, yeah, let's go." She stepped away and joined the others.

She walked behind the rest of the group. Mulder and Phoebe were ahead, with Phoebe talking away, and Mark walked some distance behind them, lost in his own thoughts.

The sight in the ruined SUV left her quite speechless. It was brutal, and they now knew that there was definitely something to be afraid of out here.

She saw Phoebe rub Mulder's arm, and remembered her unusual conversation with her earlier, and her even more unusual request. It made her angry. She couldn't push it any longer. She had to tell him.

Scully walked faster and caught up with the two. Phoebe was in mid sentence, but Scully couldn't care less.

"Mulder, I need to talk to you." She stated.

Mulder and Phoebe turned to look at her.

"Alright. What is it?"

"I need to talk to you in private."

That was when Phoebe's eyes grew about two inches and Scully could tell she was planning out how she would kill her.

"We're in this together, I'm sure you can tell me whatever you want to say to Fox."

Mulder looked into Scully's eyes. He most have noticed the desperation in them because he turned to Phoebe and said;

"Give us a minute."

This shocked her even more, but she put on a forced smile anyway. "Alright."

After she stayed behind them, Mulder's attention was back on Scully.

"What's going on?"

She cleared her voice. This was it.

"Mulder, I'm not sure what I've waited this long to tell you this…"

He nodded, urging her to continue.

"I found out about a week ago. I've been feeling off for a while, so I went to see my doctor. The possibility never even crossed my mind… It's just so unbelievable…"

Mulder now looked very interested, and slightly worried. His eyes were asking a million questions a second.

"Mulder…" she started, and was appalled to feel tears come to her eyes. "I'm pregnant."

She looked down, because for some reason she was afraid to look into his eyes. But when she did look at him, his eyes were wide with shock.

"Did you… did you try again to…" He started.

"No. I haven't tried in over a year. Mulder, last month, when we… well, that was the only possible thing the could have caused it. And I know it's impossible, it's unthinkable because I'm not supposed to be able to have children at all… I've been trying to figure it out but it's just completely absurd and I thought he was mistaken but I checked over and over again and its true, and…" She stopped when she heard his laugh.

The smile on his face was wide, and she could see his eyes glistening with tears.

"Scully, this is unbelievable…" He said, and he was about to hug her when suddenly, it happened.

Mark's scream was defeating. It was sharp and pain stricken.

The two turned around fast enough only to see Phoebe jump back in horror.

Mark was gone.

"Oh my GOD!" Phoebe exclaimed, her hands covering her mouth.

"Where is Mark?!"

"Oh my… He just… He disappeared… one second he was walking behind me and then he was…" Phoebe stumbled on her words. Then she looked up.

"It's almost as if he was sucked… up. There was a flash of light, and he just flew… up there…"

Scully and Mulder looked up as well. He was gone.

Suddenly, lightning started hitting the trees around them. Boom, Boom BOOM…

Mulder had to scream to be heard.

"Shit…. Oh shit… RUN!"

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